The specifics of rubai in Belarusian poetry end of XX – beginning of XXI century

In the ideological and genre key, the current state of the rubaies of Belarusian poets Yauhen Miklasheusky, Uladzimir Lebedzeu, Halina Zahurskaya, Vera Bulanda, Ihar Prakapovich, Ales’ Palynsky, Eduard Dubianetsky, Serge Minskevich, Aleh Hrushetsky, Artem Arashonak, Ganad Charkazian (chargavi), Ryhor Baradulin and Zmitrok Marozau, as well as rubai-like works by Ryhor Baradulin and Zmitrok Marozau (quatrains) have been studied. The works of these authors are dominated by philosophical themes and aphoristic way of speaking. This oriental form organically took root on Belarusian soil and is of great interest to modern Belarusian poets.